Customizing the registration process
As you are running your course, you will want to control how people join your online course. For example, during the beginning of the term, you might want to allow anyone to join the site. Then, once the academic year has gotten underway, you might want to change the site to only allow new users with site administrator approval. These changes are available on the Account settings page. The settings on this page do not require any changes to run your course effectively. However, these settings allow you to create a more personal feel to your course.
The Account Settings page
To access the
Account settings page, click on
Configure | Account settings or navigate to admin/config/people/accounts
.
This page has five sections:
ANONYMOUS USERS
ADMINISTRATOR ROLE
REGISTRATION AND CANCELLATION
PERSONALIZATION
E-mails
The ANONYMOUS USERS section
This section simply allows you to choose the name for anonymous users.
The ADMINISTRATOR ROLE section
This section allows you to...